Lipping it up

I’m just done with two grueling days of marching and playing. As one of our drum majors said this afternoon, we’re not same band that started yesterday. We have worked very, very hard to look good, to sound good, to really represent our separate communities and our larger lesbian and gay community.

Today, when we had to stand at attention for several minutes for photos, I started feeling the import of what we’re doing tomorrow. Hundreds of thousands of people will be lining the parade route. And when we turn from 15th back on to Pennsylvania Avenue, we will cross right in front of our new president. It is going to feel like a different world.